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Here is another way to tie the classic bowline.

Correct about the name used by Jepson.

I share the concerns about Lapp bend. If you want a safer use for it…Jeff Jepson and TreeMuggs share it *only* for sending a rope up to a climber. I don’t think either one called it a Lapp Bend but it looks the same.

Ok, I had lost track of which knot was which. This is what I called the army bowline. I did not know what to call it. Snap Bowline seems like a good name. Same knot as Ashley’s Hawser Bowline.

@Knotorious Sorry I had not viewed this yet when I posted August and TreeMuggs’ tutorials of the same technique. This is also what I tried to describe as the sailors and arborists “better” than rabbit/tree/hole method. I tried to describe it as a capsized overhand knot which was probably...

@TreeMuggs Here is TreeMuggs’ tutorial. It’s the same method as August’s. He does it slower so it’s easier to catch it. I just learned the word chirality from Knotorious. This is the same chirality as Augusts video.

I share that philosophy. If it ain’t broke…

I was curious so I pulled up one of the August bowline tutorials. I have not watched the whole thing but what I saw he was doing the orthodox bowline every time. I want to emphasize: If anyone prefers either left or right handed bowline you can get it with this technique. The knot tying begins...

I definitely don’t want to argue with you cowboy bowline vs. orthodox bowline…you have clearly done your research! I *do* want to correct a misunderstanding of Hunicke’s method (same as Ashley’s and hundreds of years of sailors.) It can result in either kind of bowline based on how you...

Ashley has the Cowboy Bowline listed as Left-handed Bowline. Listed as Number 1034-1/2. (I suspect he added that after numbering everything else and wisely decided not to renumber everything by hand.) Ashley deems it “distinctly inferior”

Ashley Book of Knots has illustrations of the same method August Hunicke has demonstrated. (Three illustrations labeled 110) I like how Ashley depicts and writes about dressing and setting the knot. This is the method that I have heard from numerous sources is preferred by sailors. (August...

This is what I tied by accident! I am no professor of knotology but it does not look secure to me for our usual bowline usage. Interesting that some experts say it’s stronger! I am avoiding this version until I get more convinced.

This is a “Danger Will Robinson!” Bowline

When I tied the bowline wrong trying to use the army bowline it was “more” wrong than a cowboy bowline. (Aka left handed bowline) Actually the cowboy bowline is also a real possibility with a snap bowline if you are careless. I have a cat sitting on me but I will post a re-enactment picture...

How many ways do you know to tie the bowline? I learned the rabbit and hole and tree version in Boy Scouts. Then I learned the better way (according to many) used by sailors and arborists. This involves tying an overhand knot and “capsizing” it to create the rabbit already through the hole...